Marc Bolan

More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

Some numbers and a helpful photo to start the week… 11 Londonistas and Londonist readers are raising money for Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres 5 nights from now 20 miles on the route, to be walked overnight 2,500 pound fundraising target 1,181 pounds raised so far …

Last week on Londonist in numbers, translated into pictures… 175,000 ducks in the Great British Duck Race £800,000.00 in estimated pay-as-you-go emissions fees from motorists for Richmond council £16.50 to get into Buckingham Palace according to our man with a pram 7 years of inaction …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 15th September 2004: Five pro-hunt protesters burst into the House of Commons, disrupting a parliamentary debate around the ban on hunting with dogs. Tuesday – 16th September 1977: Iconic glam rock musician Marc Bolan dies in a car …

It might be September, but it’s looking like this week will be summery and gorgeous, which should let us all forget about a dismal August. However, if you don’t fancy nights in a beer garden in the warm weather, here are a few things to …

Life’s a gas, so says Marc Bolan as well as Joey Ramone. And jumpin’ jack flash it may be true: Londonist itself is a gas, albeit an unstable, inert one. Recently we explored the sublime in previewing Lou Smith and Lorraine Liyanage’s Gas Organ showing …

Support bands aren’t meant to blow you away. We weren’t even meant to catch the support, but our timing was off, and we thought the Spree were on early. And then they disappeared off the radar almost as soon as they left the stage. So …

Something strange is happening down here in the Londonist dungeon. Editro’s decreed the Londonistas wear nothing but leather jerkins, pvc crotch high boots and ‘plug in’ horses tails. Everyone’s getting a little hot under the collar: the news team are a tad friskier than usual …